单词 | plumate |
释义 | plumateadj. Chiefly Biology. Resembling a feather; feathery, plumose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of hair > covered with down plumate1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 324 Plumate..when the awn is feathered. 1876–9 Globe Encycl. Univ. Information 391/2 The breathing organs are plumate gills borne on the dorsal or back portions of the body-segments. 1930 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 34 26 Others made of plain glass with spiral thread bands, sometimes raked into plumate patterns, but of a poor technique. 2003 Jrnl. Biosci. & Bioengin. 95 442/1 The modified enzyme was obtained in the form of a white solid or plumate crystals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826 |
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